Faculty Library Orientation Program

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Faculty Library Orientation Program
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Vision/Mission

• The Saint Louis University Libraries envision
  themselves as a supportive service to the
  transformative educational process of SLU and are
  committed to providing expedient and effective
  access to high quality library services,
  collections in a variety of formats and
  information resources designed to meet the
  curriculum, research, professional, intellectual,
  creative and personal needs of the SLU community.

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Objectives

• Christian Spirit
• To provide facilities, technologies, and
  customer-oriented services that contribute to and
  foster a creative environment conducive to
  learning, research and scholarship, and cultural
  activities imbued with the Christian spirit.
• Creativity/Innovativeness
• To provide new and traditional academic
  discipline-based reference and consultation,
  research assistance, course support, document
  delivery, and an array of related library
  services to the Universitys academic support
  units.

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Objectives

• Competence
• To offer competent and multi-faceted
  instructional programs to users with life-long
  learning, informational skills and competencies
  in pursuit of transformative education.
• Social Involvement
• To promote communication and collaboration both
  within and outside the university.

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Schedule of Library Service

• READER SERVICES SECTIONS
• During School Days
• 730 AM - 700 PM no noon break (Monday to
  Saturday)
• 100 PM - 500 PM (Sunday)
• TECHNICAL SERVICES SECTIONS
• 730 AM - 1200 NN
• 130 PM - 500 PM
• Monday to Saturday

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Classification Scheme

• Books and bound periodicals are arranged on the
  shelves according to the Dewey Decimal
  Classification (DDC) Scheme.
• 000-099 Generalities
• 100-199 Philosophy and Psychology
• 200-299 Religion
• 300-399 Social Sciences
• 400-499 Language
• 500-599 Pure Sciences
• 600-699 Applied Sciences
• -799 Arts and Allied Sciences
• 800-899 Literature
• 900-999 History and Geography

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Available Information Resources in the SLU
Libraries

• print
• books
• serials
• maps and charts
• grey literature
• archived information
• non print
• Video tapes
• Slides
• Transparencies
• digital/online

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Grey Literature

• Theses and dissertations can be borrowed for room
  use only.
• A written permission from the author of the
  unpublished material should be secured by the
  graduate student, if he/she wishes to photocopy
  other contents aside from the abstract.
• The Library Working Scholar will accompany the
  graduate student in photocopying abstracts of
  theses/dissertations in any photocopying center
  in the library.

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Electronic Formats

• diskettes
• CD-ROM
• CBT or Computer Based Training
• E-books
• online databases
• EBSCO
• H.W. Wilson Omnifile
• Global Books in Print
• internet links
• Educational Resources in the Internet

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Access Services

• Faculty
• A faculty can borrow a maximum of ten (10) books
  in the library for their use during the entire
  semester subject to recall anytime when the need
  arises. He/She should present his/her official
  class schedule.
• Non-teaching Personnel
• Non-teaching personnel may borrow three (3)
  books at a time with a maximum loan period of
  three (3) days.

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Access Services

• Multimedia Collection
• A written communication should be given by the
  concerned faculty member to the Director of
  Libraries indicating the time and date of
  viewing.
• The Library Working Scholar will bring the needed
  CD-ROMs to the assigned viewing room and will
  retrieve the materials after viewing.

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Access Services

• Textbook Collection
• A faculty member can avail of the service of this
  section according to his official teaching load.
• The faculty member should accomplish the form
  provided by the Textbook Section.
• The textbooks borrowed by the faculty member are
  free of charge.

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Kinds of Borrowers Card
Faculty
Graduate Student
Undergraduate Student
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Library Borrowers Card

• Schedule of Issuance
• Any time during office hours
• A lost borrowers card should be reported
  immediately to the person-in-charge at the 5th
  floor of the library building
• A fee of Php40.00 is charged for the replacement
  of a lost borrowers card. A borrowers card is
  non-transferable.

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Library Charges

• Accomplished acknowledgment forms of unreturned
  books will be forwarded to the Accounting Office
  for necessary charging.
• Lost books must be paid according to the value
  determined by the library or be replaced with a
  copy of the same title.
• Processing fee and any accumulated fines will be
  charged.
• Library books damaged beyond repair must be
  replaced with the same title.

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Clearance

• At the end of the semester, all loaned books must
  be returned to the section head assigned in the
  5th floor of the library building.
• Upon returning borrowed books, the faculty member
  should secure a clearance from the Section Head
  assigned in the 5th floor of the library building
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• General clearance must be secured from the Office
  of the Director of Libraries.

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SLU Libraries Staff
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Office of the Director of Libraries
Rina Hemedez Diaron Director of Libraries
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Technical Section
Elizabeth DC Gumanlaw Chief Cataloger
Ma. Teresa G. del Rosario OPAC Administrator
Lourdes L. Llanes Acquisition Librarian OIC,
Textbook Section
Agustin G. Kimmayong Binder
Abraham D. Robles Binder
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Reader Services
Aurelia L. Bang-otan Section Head Circulation4th
floor
Nimpha T. Valdez Section Head Filipiniana
Library Reference Library
Michelle D. Ambloza Section Head Academic
Research Clinic Multimedia Library
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Reader Services
Gerardo V. Claveria Section Head Circulation5th
floor
Emily S. Gumangan Section Head 000-499
Adelina B. del Rosario Section Head Law Library
(Gonzaga Building)
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Reader Services
Marilou L. Pasion Section Head 500-699
Joey K. Guanzo Section Head 700-999
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Museum and CICM Archives
Isikias T. Picpican Curator and Archivist
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Support Staff
Jovita C. Valena Clerk
Gloria E. Ibanez Secretary of the Director of
Libraries
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Office of the Academic Coordinators
Dr. Wilfried Maurice Albert Vanhoutte Chief
Academic Coordinator
Engr. Ferdinand B. Itliong Academic Coordinator
Darwin F. Casuga Academic Coordinator
Dorothy Joy G. Ireneo Academic Coordinator